Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1377
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1378
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1379
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1380
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1381
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1382
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1383
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1384
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1385
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1386
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1387
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1388
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1389
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1390
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1391
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1392
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1393
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1394
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1395
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1396
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1397
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1398
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1399
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
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Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min